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April 2001
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Beyond Work First
How to Help Hard-to-Employ Individuals Get Jobs and Succeed in the Workforce
Amy Brown
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Despite a strong economy and the efforts of welfare-to-work
and workforce development programs, many welfare-reliant families have
not yet made a successful transition to employment, and others who have
not been on welfare have difficulties finding jobs. For some of these
families, a host of complex problems play a part, including substance
abuse, domestic violence, and physical, mental, and learning disabilities.
This "how-to" guide presents promising practices for identifying
and assisting these hard-to-employ people by distilling information and
lessons from relevant research and the experiences of rehabilitation,
clinical treatment, and welfare-to-work providers.
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Funders
This guide was prepared with the support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. It is being published and disseminated as part of MDRC's ReWORKing Welfare technical assistance project. ReWORKing Welfare Funders include: The Annie E. Casey Foundation, The California Wellness Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (through the Local Investment Commission of Greater Kansas City, Missouri), Ford Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, Welfare Information Network, Commonwealth of Kentucky, County of Cuyahoga Ohio, State of Oregon, State of Washington, and
State of West Virginia.
The findings and conclusions presented in this report do not necessarily represent the official positions
or policies of the funders.
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